‍Cote d' Ivorie (Ivory Coast) By: Sydnie and Bella

Location

Absolute-

• 8 degrees North Latitude
• 5 degrees West Longitude

Relative-

• Northern and Western hemispheres
• Africa
• Bordered by Ghana, Guinea, Liberia, and Burkina Faso

Place -Physical Characteristics-

Area within the continent-

• West coast of Africa

Physical Geography-

Lac de Buyo

• Bodies of water: Gulf of Guinea, Atlantic Ocean
• ‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍Rivers: The Komoe' River is 466 miles, The Sassandra River is about 400 miles
• Lakes: Lac de Kossou which is the largest lake in the Ivory Coast,The Lac de Buyo was formed by the construction of the Buyo Dam in 1980
• Mountains: Mt. Nimba includes both a rainforest and a savanna‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍ and is the highest mountain in the Ivory Coast

Vegetation-

Coffee beans

Cocoa, Coffee, cotton, Bananas, Rubber, Rice, Sugar, Pineapple, Coconut, Yams, Cassova, Orka, Sweet Potatoes

Climate-

• Along the coast: 70 degrees F to 90 degrees F, About inches of rainfall a year
• Northern Savanah: Tempature can drop to 54 degrees F and rise to 104 degrees F
• Rainforest: Tropical tempatures in the South and Semiarid North

Place -Human Characteristics-

Eating-

• Always wash their hands before dinner
• Only eat with their right hand
• Kids may not eat with adults
• Women and men may be separated

Holidays and Celebrations-

• New Years
• Independence Day
• Christmas
• Easter
• Ramadan
• Eid al-Fitr
• Fete des Masques

Language and Religion-

• French is the official language
• Dyula, Angi, Baoule, Mande, Senufo, Nouchi are other languages found in the Cote d' Ivorie
• There are Three main religions; Christianity, Islam, and Animist
• Islam is mostly n the South
• Christianity is in the South
• ‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍Some people mix their traditions with other religious customs‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍

‍Education and Jobs-

A local school

• Students attend local primary schools, regional schools, and universities
• Students were taught French which most kids learned for first time in school
• In ruralschools, subjects like math are taught
• After 7 years ofschool you get a baccalauret
• Many people belive a boy's education is more likely to help a family than a girls education

Dating and Marriage-

• Polygamy is illegal
• Casual dating is mostly in cities
• Men age: Men can not get married before 30 years of age
• Women age: Women get married at around age 12
• Christians get married in a townhall usually

Lifestyle-

• The father is usally the leader of the home
• Family problems are talked about in group meetings in rural places

  A small village

• In rural palces, people live in homes made out of mud, thatch, wood, and cement
• Women wash the clothes outside
• Toilets are placed and used outside
• In the cities, there are nicer cement homes, marble, tile, indoor plumbing, and electricity

Human-Environmental Interaction-

Humans adapting to the environment-

• People bulid their homes by using their surroundings such as mud, thatch, wood,and cement
• When people want to play soccer and they don't have a field to play on, they have a game on the beach

Humans changing the enironment-

• Deforestation and destruction in the rainforest
• People had to clear away areas of land to build their 31 airports of which only seven are paved.

Environmental problems due to people changing the environment-

• Extinction of plants and animals, loss of medicine plants
• Rainfall patterns changing, infertile land, increase in malaria
  

Many airports

Movement-

Transportation-

• Export products overseas by boats
• Many railroads and 31 airports for people to get around

Products-

• Coffee, cocoa, bananas, rice, rubber, pineapples, coconuts, lumber, aluminum, oil, latex, sugar, and sweet potatoes

Information and Idea-

• People find news and information by reading the daily newspaper

• People listin to the major radio stations for ideas and information

Cote d' Ivorie By: Bella Ostis and Sydnie Keane on PhotoPeach

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Regions-

Religion:	Percentage:
Islam	38.6%
Christianity	32.8%
African Indigenous	28%

Products:	Export percentages:
Raw and roasted cocoa beans	25%
Cocoa butter and paste	8%
Crude petroleum	11%
Chocolate	11%
Other	45%